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The Ronnie Scott's Club Quartet present the fifth show in a series of shows featuring live renditions of 6 classic Jazz albums released in 1959: Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue", John Coltrane "Giant Steps", Dave Brubeck "Timeout", Ornette Coleman "The Shape Of Jazz To Come", Charles Mingus "Mingus Ah Um", Bill Evans "Everybody Digs" and the story of the opening of Europe's most famous jazz club: Ronnie Scott's!

This tribute to Dave Brubeck's "Time Out" will feature classic renditions and new arrangements

Line-up:

James Pearson - piano

Sam Burgess - bass

Chris Higginbottom - drums

Alex Garnett - saxophone

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It has been named jazz’s greatest year and there was definitely something in the air in 1959 and it wasn’t only NASA: Castro took over Cuba, Buddy Holly died in a plane crash, Pan Am started regular flights around the world and NASA sent 7 astronauts into space.

Ronnie Scott’s, the cornerstone of the UK jazz scene was founded in 1959. The idea of opening a jazz club along the lines of the intimate and bustling venues of New York’s 52nd Street was hatched by two ardent jazz fans who happened to be very much part of a burgeoning modern jazz movement of the late fifties: tenor saxophonist Ronnie Scott who had since the late forties, wowed the bebop brigade in a series of bands commencing with the nine-piece which featured his business partner to be and fellow saxophonist Pete King.

Three greats of jazz died – Lester Young, Billie Holiday and Sidney Bechet but born out of so much world turmoil were a spate of jazz masterpieces.

Giant Steps is the fifth studio album by jazz musician John Coltrane as leader, released in 1960 on Atlantic Records, catalogue SD 1311. This was his first album as leader for his new label Atlantic Records. Many of its tracks have become practice templates for jazz saxophonists.

The recording exemplifies Coltrane's melodic phrasing that came to be known as sheets of sound, and features his explorations into third-related chord movements that came to be known as Coltrane changes.[10] Jazz musicians continue to use the Giant Steps chord progression, which consists of a distinctive set of chords that create key centers a major third apart, as a practice piece and as a gateway into modern jazz improvisation. Several pieces on this album went on to become jazz standards, most prominently "Naima" and "Giant Steps".

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested "Core Collection" calling it "Trane's first genuinely iconic record."[18] In 2003, the album was ranked number 102 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[19

Supporting Artist/Band

support: Jessica Radcliffe

Originally a classically trained pianist, Jessica Radcliffe went on to study jazz vocals at Trinity Laban and has since has appeared regularly at venues such as Ronnie Scott’s and Vortex. She’s a member of the London Vocal Project and performs regularly with Issie Barratt’s Interchange and vocal group The Puppini Sisters.

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